Abstract: A filter coalescer element for oil based industrial fuels includes a rigid, porous support tube, and a hydrophobic drainage layer covering the outer surface of the same. A single phase, dual function combination water coalescer and particle filter pleat block is positioned in the support tube, and is formed from a multilayer material having a first porous support layer, a synthetic microfiber layer, a synthetic fiber media layer and a second porous support layer. As the fluid passes through the pleat block, solid particles are physically filtered therefrom, and water is coalesced into droplets which pass from the pleats directly through the support tube and directly into the drainage layer, where the droplets grow into a size sufficient that they fall under gravity to the bottom of the element for collection.

Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.

Abstract: A method of assembling a coupling for distributing fluid to a printhead, the method having, mounting a seal member on a housing, inserting a shaft through a hole in the housing and the seal member, positioning a compression spring on the shaft and mounting a port plate on the shaft using a washer about the shaft so that the spring is compressed between the port plate and the housing and a plurality of ports in the port plate align with respective ones of a plurality of seals of the seal member for receiving respective fluid spouts of the printhead.

Abstract: Both ends of a circulation pipe of a film formation apparatus are connected to a piping of a BWR plant. A chemical including chromium ions and formic acid is injected into a film formation solution flowing in the circulation pipe heated to a temperature within a range from 60° C. to 100° C. Furthermore, a chemical including iron (II) ions and formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine are injected into the circulation pipe. Due to the injection of these chemicals, a film formation solution of pH 7.0 including iron (II) ions, chromium ions, formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine is generated in the circulation pipe. This film formation solution includes hydrazine of, for example, 1000 ppm. The film formation solution is supplied to the piping, thus, a Fe3—xCrxO4 film (here, 0<X?0.1) is formed on the inner surface of the piping. The above method of forming the ferrite film on a structural member (for example, the piping) can be shortened time required to form the ferrite film.

Abstract: Polymeric stents having fracture toughness and resistance to recoil after deployment are disclosed along with methods of manufacturing such stents. Improvements to mechanical characteristics and other improvements may be achieved by having polymer chains within individual stent struts oriented in a direction that is closer to or in line with the axis of the individual stent struts. The desired orientation of polymer molecules may be achieved by one or any combination of extruding polymers into hollow tubes to induce axially oriented polymer chains, applying a tensile load to polymer tubes to induce axially oriented polymer chains, and radially expanding polymer tubes to induce circumferentially oriented polymer chains. Stent patterns include struts defining diamond shaped cells and/or W-shaped cells.

Abstract: An alignment device is located on a mandrel of an installation tool and is used to align a structural member in an opening of a workpiece while seating a radial flange of the structural member against a first surface of the workpiece. The alignment device comprises a disk-shaped device having an outer surface, an inner surface forming an opening through the alignment device, and where the opening is sized to be at least slightly smaller than a major diameter of an expansion portion of the mandrel. In one embodiment, the alignment is nylon to allow the inner surface of the alignment device to be repeatedly, radially expanded and yet the opening formed by the inner surface returns to its original size.

Abstract: A method of assembling selected modular ratchet cap assemblies. In one aspect, the method includes the acts of providing identical threaded portions, providing identical cover portions, providing a first vent module, providing a second vent module different from the first vent module, selecting the first vent module and coupling together the first vent module with one of the identical threaded portions and one of the identical cover portions to form a first cap assembly, and selecting the second vent module and coupling together the second vent module with another one of the identical threaded portions and another one of the identical cover portions to form a second cap assembly. In other aspects, the method includes assembling first and second cap assemblies with identical cover portions and threaded portions, but having different pawl members providing different cap-installing torque limits.

Abstract: A substantially flexible connector, and method of manufacture for a portable electronic device comprising: a lockable attachment mechanism at a first end of said connector for securing the portable electronic device to said connector; a securable attachment mechanism at a second end of said connector for securing said connector to a fixed point; and a power supply connector integrated with said connector. Further, a method of securing a portable electronic device, the method comprising: providing a substantially flexible connector; attaching the lockable attachment mechanism to the portable electronic device; in response to attaching the lockable attachment mechanism, locking the lockable attachment mechanism; and securing the securable attachment mechanism to a fixed point.

Abstract: A ferrule type, flareless fitting is provided that may optionally be pulled-up to its assembled condition by torque rather than by turns. In one embodiment, at least one fitting component includes a structure that facilitates pull-up by torque and allows the fitting to be remade. The structure may take a wide variety of different forms. Examples of fitting component structures that facilitate pull-up by torque and allow the fitting to be remade include, but are not limited to, deformable or compressible devices or structures that are configured to increase the torque required to further tighten the fitting components when the fitting is properly pulled up, resiliently deformable structures that bias a tube gripping device into engagement with a conduit when the fitting is remade to an initial pull-up position, and plastically deformable retaining structures that maintain a tube gripping device in sealing en a ement with a conduit when a fittin is disassembled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple and easy to make snowman with a limited amount of snow. The system does not require the lifting of heavy snow balls, typically used in the making of a snowman, and provides for small children to be able to handle the snow without adult help. Further, this invention provides a quick and affective decorating system which can be reused and positioned securely anywhere on the figure.

Abstract: A vapor chamber manufacturing method, comprises steps of material preparation, powder filling and sintering, pre-punching, supporting structure infilling, the first pressing, the first sealing, fluid injection, and vacuum processing; a sealing structure comprises a semi-finished vapor chamber with a vacuum cavity, a fluid injection port positioned on one side of the vapor chamber, and a supporting structure filled in the vacuum cavity and supporting the shape of the vapor chamber, wherein the fluid injection port is formed of one portion of one side of the vapor chamber by pressing and sealing, no fine metal pipe as fluid injection port is required herein; after the step of fluid injection, an integrated step of vacuum pumping, pressing and sealing is conducted within a vacuum chamber, to provide the product with higher performance and lower rejection rate.

Abstract: A oil permeable-walled Gulf of Mexico oil spill and leak collection device is presented. The invention includes a chemical process-walled collection device. The device is 1×10?5 to 1×105 feet long fortified pipe with 1×10?2 cm to 1×105 feet diameters including 100 ft diameter with walls externally permeable to oil. The thickness of the wall may vary from 1×10?5 cm to 1×105 feet including 6 in thick. Gulf of Mexico oil coming in contact with the submerged device will be permeate through the oil permeable walls of the device and collected in the fortified pipe.

Abstract: A method for making golf club heads includes using direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selective laser melting (SLM) and other computer controlled high energy sintering or melting techniques to form club heads with customized user parameters. The powdered metals can be selected by type and quantity to achieve a desired density or weight distribution. Club heads made by these techniques are characterized by having customized parameters chosen for individual golfers. By sintering powdered metal to form areas of different porosity, club heads with desired weight distributions can be achieved.

Abstract: A stator coil producing method and a stator coil production machine. The stator coil is used in an electric rotating machine. The stator coil production machine includes a rotary retainer which rotates to move shaping press pairs along a looped path. The rotary retainer has retaining holes through which the shaping press pairs are retained. The retaining holes are shaped to permit the shaping press pairs to move along the looped path, thereby pressing or shaping portions of a conductor wire into in-slot portions to be disposed in slots of a stator core and coil-end portions each of which is to extend between adjacent two of the in-slot portions outside the slots. The method comprises an in-slot portion shaping step of shaping portions of the insulator-coated conductor wire into the in-slot portions and a coil-end portion shaping step of shaping portions of the insulator-coated conductor wire into the coil-end portions.

Abstract: A stator coil producing method and a stator coil production machine. The stator coil is used in an electric rotating machine. The stator coil production machine includes a rotary retainer which retains and moves shaping press pairs along a looped path to press or shape portions of a conductor wire into in-slot portions to be disposed in slots of a stator core and coil-end portions which extend outside the slots. The method comprises a coil-end portion shaping step of bringing press members of each of the shaping press pairs close to each other in sequence to shape the coil-end portions and an in-slot portion shaping step of advancing the shaping press pairs on the looped path in contact with the cam mechanism and also moving selected ones of the shaping press pairs in sequence in a direction perpendicular to the path to shape the in-slot portions.

Abstract: A method, including depositing a layer of material onto a base portion of a wafer, is disclosed. The layer of material has a first surface adjacent the base portion. The method also includes depositing a pattern of masking material onto a portion of a second surface of the layer. Material from the layer of material that is unprotected by the pattern of masking material is removed from the layer of material. By removing such material a portion of the layer of material is suspended from the base portion.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a guide for installing a photoconductive film on to a photo imaging plate includes a movable channel located near the photo imaging plate, for example in a digital printing press. The channel has a bed and a pair of sidewalls extending parallel to one another along opposite sides of the bed such that the lateral movement and skew of a photoconductive film lying on the bed is constrained by the sidewalls. The channel movable between a first position in which an open end of the channel is away from the photo imaging plate and a second position in which the open end of the channel is immediately adjacent to and aligned with the photo imaging plate for installing a photoconductive film on to the photo imaging plate.

Abstract: A circuit device is made smaller in higher. The circuit device includes a wiring substrate, a first circuit element, and a second circuit element. The circuit substrate includes an insulating resin layer, a wiring layer provided on a main surface of the insulating resin layer, and a wiring layer provided on the other main surface of the insulating resin layer. The wiring layer includes first interconnectors to which the first circuit element connects, and wiring portions. The film thickness of the first interconnector is made thinner than that of the wiring portion. The wiring layer includes second interconnectors and wiring portions. The first interconnectors and the second interconnectors are connected through the medium of conductors.

Abstract: The liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid from nozzles includes: pressure chambers connecting to the nozzles; a common liquid chamber which is connected to the pressure chambers, is arranged across the pressure chambers from the nozzles, and is defined by at least a multi-layer wiring substrate which has a recess-shaped structure including a base section forming one of a ceiling and a floor of the common liquid chamber and a projecting section forming a side wall of the common liquid chamber; electrical wires which are formed at least partially inside the multi-layer wiring substrate; and a connection electrode which is provided in a top of the projecting section of the multi-layer wiring substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a PCB that includes embedding a bare chip in a board such that electrode pads of the bare chip are exposed, and forming electrode bumps on the electrode pads.

Abstract: A resist film is formed on a conductor layer of a two-layered base material composed of a carrier layer and the conductor layer. Next, the resist film is exposed and developed, so that an etching resist pattern is formed. A region of the conductor layer that is exposed while not covered with the etching resist pattern is removed by etching. A conductor pattern is formed by removing the etching resist pattern. Then, an adhesive layer precursor is applied on an entire surface including an upper surface of the conductor pattern. The adhesive layer precursor is exposed and developed, so that an adhesive pattern is formed on the conductor pattern. After that, a base insulating layer is joined onto the conductor pattern with the adhesive pattern sandwiched therebetween. Finally, a carrier layer is separated from the conductor pattern, so that the FPC board is manufactured.

Abstract: A wiring board and method of forming the wiring board. The wiring board includes a first substrate, and a second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate. A base substrate is laminated between the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond an edge of the second substrate, and at least one via formed in at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate. A thickness of a portion of the base substrate that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate is greater than a thickness of a portion of the base substrate that is not sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention comprises an improved method for making a via structure for use in a printed circuit board (PCB). The via allows for the passage of a signal from one signal plane to another in the (PCB), and in so doing transgresses the power and ground planes between the signal plane. To minimize EM disturbance between the power and ground planes, signal loss due to signal return current, and via-to-via coupling, the via is shielded within two concentric cylinders, each coupled to one of the power and ground planes.

Abstract: An implantable medical lead comprising a conductor extending along the lead and a crimp connector secured to the conductor comprising a body with an outer surface, an inner surface, proximal and distal ends, and first and second lateral edges, the lateral edges having edge features extending there from, the edge features adapted to opposingly interleave with one another. Methods of assembling a crimp connector with a cable conductor including parallel and cross-wise assembly are also encompassed.

Abstract: A passage block formed with a passage connectable to a fluid control device comprises a first block member formed with a plurality of first-coupling-face apertures, a second block member formed with a plurality of second-coupling-face apertures in correspondence with the first-bonding-apertures, a first passage-end contact portion formed around each of the first-coupling-face apertures, a second passage-end contact portion formed around each of the second-coupling-face apertures, and a passage-end contact section provided in such a manner that a lower surface of the first block member and an upper surface of the second block member are arranged to face each other so that the first and second passage-end contact portions contact with each other, and the first and second block members are heated under pressure to diffusion-bond the first and second passage-end contact portions to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manual razor comprising a shaving head (10) having a blade, and a handle (20) on which the shaving head (10) is attached, pivoting means (11, 21) being provided between the head (10) and the handle (20) so that the head (10) can move from a use position perpendicular to the handle (20) into a stowage position parallel to the handle. The aim of the present invention is to provide a razor that can easily be stored while occupying as little space as possible. In order to do so, it comprises pivoting means for the blade holder, such that it is not necessary to touch the blade for pivoting the same. According to the invention, the pivoting means includes a rack (21) provided on a sliding button located on the handle (20), and a toothed wheel (11) connected to the head (10), wherein the toothed wheel (11) and the rack (21) are sized and arranged to be in mutual engagement.

Abstract: A cigar cutter is comprised of a polyhedron shaped housing formed by secured opposing symmetrical portions with a centrally disposed orifice extending there through. A slot situated along the upper portion of the housing for receiving a lever therein. An inner compartment adapted to receive a spring and a section of the lever which cooperatively engage with a cutter blade and the spring. Cutting blade is engaged with the lower end of the lever wherein the cutting blade radiated into the orifice. In operation, as force is placed upon the lever while simultaneously pushing a cigar through the orifice, a linear cut is placed across the top of the cigar.

Abstract: A string trimmer shield for use in connection with conventional string trimmers which have a rotary cutting head that is attached to a lower end of an elongated shaft or handle and includes at least one string cutting element extending radially from the cutting head that rotates through a circular path. The string trimmer shield includes an airflow reaction surface that together with an airflow created by the rotating string cutting element stabilizes the string cutting element at least through a portion of its circular path of rotation. The string trimmer shield may further include a string cutting element trimming blade comprising a cutting edge spanning a notch which prevents the string cutting element from sliding off the cutting edge. The string trimmer shield may further include vents through a deck of the string trimmer shield to vent the underside of the string trimmer shield.

Abstract: An archery sight can include a scope with a Venturi-like inner opening, smaller in diameter at a narrow position and increasing in diameter toward each end, to provide a circular field of view through a range of off-axis angles. Archery sights with pins, such as extending into a scope, can include sight pin components that include bodies, tube-like parts extending to sight pin ends, optical fibers in the bodies and tube-like parts, and flexible, light-transmissive tubing that engages the bodies and surrounds the fibers along most of their exterior length. Each tube-like part can be attached to its body by inserting it into a portion of the body that surrounds it and then bending the portion of the body to produce one or more bends or kinks but without reducing inside diameter, so that a fiber can then be threaded through the tube-like part.

Abstract: A plumb post apparatus for retaining a mason's line for laying a brick course, the apparatus comprising two vertical posts each having two legs of adjustable length that pivot outward to form stabilizers. The legs are secured to adjacent sides of the posts, thus extending at right angles to each other. The posts can be secured via spikes through base plates at the bottoms of the posts and the legs are secured in place via stakes that are pivotally secured to the ends of the legs and which can be driven into a ground surface. Levels on adjacent sides of the posts indicate when the apparatus is in level disposition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring and/or marking simultaneously the projection dimension and the dropdown dimension of crown molding.

Abstract: A length measurement device comprises a first connector, a measurement wire, and a second connector. The second connector comprises a substrate and a fixer pivotally connected to the substrate. The measurement wire is an electrical wire with a scale. One end of the measurement wire is connected to the first connector, and another end is movably connected to the substrate of the second connector and the fixer.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a hair dryer comprising a protective grill having a composition deposited thereon, or present therein, for conditioning hair. More particularly, the conditioning composition comprises a cross-linked siloxane polymer and a silicone conditioning agent. Operation of the hair dryer initiates emission and transfer of the conditioning agent from the protective grill onto the hair surface of a user thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cloth treating apparatus, including a cabinet which forms an exterior thereof, a drum rotatably mounted to the cabinet, a heat pump for supplying hot air to the drum, a steam generator for supplying steam to the drum, and a water tank for supplying water to the steam generator, wherein the water tank is positioned on a refrigerant flow passage of the heat pump, thereby increasing steam generating efficiency by elevating an initial temperature of the water used for the steam generation.

Abstract: A hair dryer system includes a hair dryer connectable to a power source and having a power connection, an attachment that is connectable to the power connection and is supplied power from the power source by the power connection. When the hair dryer is connected to the attachment by the power connection, the hair dryer and attachment consume a predetermined amount of power. When the hair dryer is disconnected from the attachment, the hair dryer consumes less power than the predetermined amount of power.

Abstract: A device and method for cleaning a lint filter in a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes an air channel connected to a drum to supply air into the drum and to guide air discharged from the drum, a dehumidification unit disposed in the air channel to condense moisture contained in the air discharged from the drum, a waterspout to collect condensed water created by the dehumidification unit, a filter to filter lint from the air discharged from the drum, a cleaning nozzle to spray water to the filter to remove the lint from the filter, a recovery water tank to receive water from the waterspout, and a cleaning water tank connected to the recovery water tank to receive water from the recovery water tank and to supply the water to the cleaning nozzle.

Abstract: A method of drying fresh plant material wherein the fresh plant material containing a desired heat labile compound is exposed to microwave energy at an intensity and for a time sufficient to remove a majority of the water from the plant material without degrading a majority of the heat labile compound. The method is particularly suited to in-field drying of freshly harvested plant material to reduce the weight and volume of the plant material for savings transportation costs to an extraction facility while preserving at high levels the amount and activity of the desired heat labile compound.

Abstract: The present invention is related to an UV LED curing apparatus, and more particularly, to an UV LED curing apparatus with improved housing and switch controller. The UV LED curing apparatus of the present invention is preferably provided for curing UV hardening gel applied onto the nails of multiple fingers or toes all at once and with automatic controls; the UV LED curing apparatus comprises a light reflective inner casing enclosing a curing chamber having a front opening, an outer casing detachably attached to the inner casing and an UV LED light source disposed on the inner casing and capable of providing an illumination covering a large space in the curing chamber.

Abstract: Conventional spray-drying methods are improved by incorporation of a pressure nozzle and a diffuser plate to improve the flow of drying gas and a drying chamber extension to increase drying time, such improvements leading to the formation of homogeneous solid dispersions of drugs in concentration-enhancing polymers.

Abstract: Method for steam recapture in the drying of a tissue paper web with a cylinder that is fed from a live steam network and with a hot air hood that flows hot air onto the tissue paper web, includes the steps of: removing condensate from the cylinder; compressing the condensate to a first pressure level essentially corresponding to that of the live steam network; heating the condensate by heat exchange with the exhaust air from the hot air hood; vaporizing the condensate; and feeding generated steam into the live steam network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rationalizing the allocation of the heat energy generated from catalytic combustion process for enameling machines wherein a circulating fan is installed above the oven body in a position close to its middle portion; above the front area of the oven body is an organic waste-gas inlet and above which is a primary catalytic chamber. A hot-air allocation chamber is located on the side of the said primary catalytic chamber. The said circulating fan connects the said primary catalytic chamber and the hot-air allocation chamber, delivering the circulating hot air resulting from catalytic combustion into the hot-air allocation chamber which is further connected to the front area, middle area and back area of the oven body via the front air flue, middle air flue and back air flue. With rationalized distribution of heat energy, this invention accelerates the baking speed, thereby improving productivity by 20%.

Abstract: A hand dryer is equipped with a hand insertion area (10), having a width that is able to accommodate hands, a high-pressure air generator (2), which generates a high-pressure airflow, discharge nozzles (N1, N2), which are disposed in the upper surface of the hand insertion area (10) and blow the high-pressure airflow, an exhaust duct (4), which is connected between the exhaust side of the high-pressure air generator (2) and the discharge nozzles (N1, N2), an ejection port (23), which opens to the space surrounding the hand dryer, a switching damper (24), which opens a portion of the exhaust duct (4) and is connected to the ejection port (23), and an ion generator (22), which generates ions having sterilization action into the high-pressure airflow passing through the exhaust duct (4) on the upstream side of the switching damper (24).

Abstract: A dispensing vessel for introducing moisture into a clothes drying environment includes a sponge-like core configured to at least temporarily retain a moistening substance therein, a generally oblong-shaped cover substantially surrounding the core and retaining the core in a compressed condition, and a moistening substance retained within the core. The cover includes a fill opening defined therethrough, the fill opening providing access to an interior of the cover from an exterior of the cover, a plurality of protuberances spaced generally evenly from one another, each protuberance having a generally conical shape, and one or more dispensing openings, each dispensing opening disposed at a distal end of a protuberance of the plurality of protuberances, and each dispensing opening providing access to an exterior of the cover from an interior of the cover. Furthermore, each of the dispensing openings is not positioned generally opposite the fill opening.

Abstract: A slipper is disclosed which is symmetrically configured so as to be able to be worn on a person's foot with either end accented to the front or rear.

Abstract: A sandal of basically flip-flop configuration is provided comprising a sole (1, 19), an upstanding thong (2, 17, 23, 26, 29) for passing between the big toe and the adjacent second toe of a wearer and a pair of straps (3, 14, 22, 31) each of which operatively connects the thong with an opposite side (4) of the sole between the heel and toe thereof so as to form a closed loop with the sole. At least one releasable connection (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 27, 28) is associated with the thong or straps or both whereby the closed loop that each strap forms with the sole can be releasably opened as and when required. The releasable connection that typically includes a two component connector may be provided at or towards an end region (5, 15) of its associated strap remote from the thong. Alternatively, the ends (21, 25, 30) of the straps (22, 31) associated with the thong are releasable from the sole either by being releasable from the thong or by the thong being releasable from sole.

Abstract: A framework-chamber arrangement for an article of footwear, and an article of footwear having a sole structure including a framework-chamber arrangement, is provided that can cooperate to provide various advantageous features, such as multiple-stage cushioning and specialized attenuation of and reaction to ground contact forces. The framework-chamber arrangement can include a fluid-filled chamber forming laterally extending arms and a framework having corresponding recesses formed therein and receiving a lower portion of the chamber. The fluid-filled chamber can be retained within the framework without a bond being formed between lower regions of the chamber arms and the framework. Peripheral portions of some of the chamber arms can be spaced apart from adjacent portions of corresponding channels while in a relaxed state.

Abstract: A fluid-filled chamber may include an upper barrier portion, a lower barrier portion, and a tensile member. An upper tensile layer of the tensile member may be secured to the upper barrier portion, and a lower tensile layer of the tensile member may be secured to the lower barrier portion. The upper barrier portion and the lower barrier portion may have first areas and second areas. The first areas may be indentations extending into the chamber, and the second areas may be protrusions extending outward from the chamber. At least a portion of the first areas may be unbonded with the upper barrier portion and the lower barrier portion. Accordingly, one or more properties of the chamber, such as a flexibility, stiffness, rigidity, tensile response, compressibility, or force attenuation property, may be altered.

Abstract: Disclosed here are insoles with one or more regions responsive to maintain a user's foot in a corrected position in the insole.

Abstract: The present application discloses footwear comprising a body structure in which at least upper is made of one continuous folded composite material comprised of layered sheets of material.

Abstract: A shoe is provided including a sole, an upper with a transverse aperture, and a cover piece, wherein the cover piece covers the transverse aperture and is affixed to the shoe at medial and lateral ends of the cover piece, and wherein the transverse aperture compresses without compression of the cover piece when the sole bends along a hinged metatarsophalangeal portion when transitioning from a stance phase to a swing phase.